Thursday, 27 June 2013

The House of Dub VW club hold their monthly meet at the Globe Inn, a picturesque pub situated next to the Grand Union Canal in the rural village of Linslade, in Bedfordshire. We have had a few of the House of Dub club members attend our (Outcast VW Club) monthly club meets recently so I thought it would be nice to see if we could get a few of us to cruise the 10 miles or so over to their meet, to show our support.

A few of the outcast members at our usualmeeting place ready for the cruise over toThe House of Dub. The red beetle belongsto Elliott, who is a H.O.D. member, but cameto Aylesbury just to join the cruise back to the House of Dub.!

Access to the Globe Inn is via a small singletrack road, which goes over the Grand Unioncanel and then you have to drive down thetowpath.. it's not for the faint hearted.

Kevin was part of our convoy in his greenand cream T4. This is such a nice lookingbus.

This is ideal for Kevin and his family to enjoythe odd day out here and there and even ifthey choose to stay over somewhere.

Kevin proudly displays the HOD logo in hiswindscreen.

Elliott was also part of our convoy in his superclean cherry red beetle. This is one of thosecars that always looks so clean.

Great reflections in the deep gloss paint.

A new addition was this single yellow spotlight. This really does set the front off of his 1970 beetle nicely.

Steve and Pauline came over to the HOD forthe first time in their surfer / skater style bug.Hope you both enjoyed your first visit to theclub meet, and hopefully we'll see you bothagain soon.

Loving the surfboards on the roofrack. I'dlike something like that for my bus.

Richard was at the meeting quite early in hisvery low, bright red Polo.

This is so low, it must be quite a challengeto get down the single track road to the pub.

Dan and Simon came along in their equallylow Golf.

This early rat looking rag top beetle belongs to Steve, and I think I'm right in saying that is was once the cover car on a VW mag. I justlove those semaphore indicators.

OK, it's a bit ratty looking but that, I think, justadd's to its cool look.

Spike came along in the House of Dub work-horse vehicle, an army green VW passat whichis of course, lowered.

Yet more new faces at the club, this time itwas John who came in his white T4. I hada quick chat to John who said he was just in the progress of prepping the body for a re-spray. Hopefully next month it'll lookcompletely different.

Preperation is the name of the game, the better the prep work, the better the paint finish.

John brought his mate Matt along, in his T4.Another work in progress vehicle, with moreprepping of the bodywork, but it's got tolook worse before it looks better. Hope to see you both again at the HOD and the Outcastclub meets.

Matt has done a lot of body prepping on hisT4, which I'm sure will look great once it'spainted.

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A regular at the club meet is Ben and hislovely white T5. This is such a lovely bus,which Ben has done a lot of work on.So that was the House of Dub June monthlymeet. It was definitely Beetle themed thismonth, which is great as normally they area bit thin on the ground. Overall a great nightwith good friends, old and new.. by the way,a personal apology to Simone and Brendanand Deborah for not saying hello, but it wasa bit busy and I got caught up. Hopefully see you all next month to make amends.

Friday, 21 June 2013

Part 2 of my 'Lazy Day' show review continues in the show and shine field.

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Gavin from 'The Paint Shop Pro's' came over in his trusted Baja and not only does Gavinspray a lot of the local VW owners vehiclesbut he also made the trophies for the 'lazyDay' show. Well done mate, they lookedgreat. Check out Gavin's Face book page:https://www.facebook.com/thepaintshop.pros?fref=ts

Another mate of mine, and a Wolfsburg WeedHugger member, was Tom who arrived at the show in his immaculate '66 deluxe Beetle.

This really is a nice looking bug from everyangle.

The show was billed as a 'Lazy Day' and these guy's know just how to chill out on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

This red and white split screen was totallyimmaculate, keep it simple, keep it clean and you'll stand out.

Just love the interior, again finished to a veryhigh standard. Not your usual camperinterior but a luxurious micro bus setup anddoesn't it look nice.

Very low, very nice late spilt screen finishedin a lovely off white colour.

Interior of this split screen looked nice, it's interesting to see inside these splits and bay'seven if only to give you some idea's for yourown vehicles interior.

A late bay, riding at what looks like stock height and finished in a lovely shade of blue. Isometimes wish my bay was stock height.(and this clean!)

A '71 bay window in a lovely dark mint green,complete with 3 bow roof rack and the singlefog light,and slightly lowered. Very nice.

Each bay window had it's own characteristics and this '71 was no exception. Really nice looking early pop top bay.

Again a single colour, some shiny bright workand a set of decent wheels is all you need tostand out.

I don't normally like seeing 'Bra's' on baywindows, but this green and white chequeredone looked great against the green and whitepaint scheme and painted steel wheels.

Although I'm into VW's these days, my rootsare 100% hot rod. I always like to see someAmerican muscle cars, hot rods and custombikes at a show, and this '68 Ford Mustangconvertible satisfied my craving. It had the 289 cubic inch V8 motor with a 2 barrel carb and pushing out about 200bhp.

Another alternate vehicle was this militarybased 'Land Rover'. If your thinking whereyou would park something like this, my guessis, anywhere you want.!

Lovely period pedal car on this RAT bug. Theowner said he has to lengthen the toy car because his young son loves it so much but he had outgrown it

This gorgeous green and white split screenwas totally immaculate. It had a colourmatched pop top, and was full of all the rightaccessories.

Very clean and very straight, it takes dedicationto keep a bus this clean, so it was no surprisethat it not only won the 'Best Split Screen' award, but also...

The overall 'best of Show' award as voted for by the other VW entrants and the public. I have to say it did deserve both awards. Well done.

Gorgeous deep red early pop top bay windowwith US tail light lenses that match the paintexactly. Deluxe trim is just enough to breakthe paint up.

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Neil from 'The House of Dub' VW Club made the journey from Bedfordshire to the show in his daily driver, a very low Golf while he rebuilds his bug.

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It's nice to have what I think is an artistic photo on my blog entry and this reflection in Neil's window was quite artistic I thought.'The House of Dub' import bay window buses along with rust free parts and accessories from the sunny state of California. Check out their website:http://www.houseofdub.co.uk/Welcome.html

The show and shine field was ample forthe vehicles to spread out, however laterin the day is was a bit different as more and more vehicles continued to arrive.

A whopping 2109cc type 4 motor crammedinto the back of this bug, something like this would look so good in my '69 bay.!

Individuality is the name of the game, and thisbug had bags of it.

The twin front shock set up is purely for looks.

See through deck lid with leopard print paint,and not forgetting the wing extension spacers.

I do like this bug, lovely solid green paint withthe single yellow spot light light and headlightgrille's.

Sitting down in the weeds, with US tail lightlenses... just about perfect.

Nice clean square back finished in beige andwhite.

This was so straight and clean. Not bad for a40ish year old car.

A lovely '72 beetle finished in a gorgeousmid blue colour. I do like those wheels, notsure what make they are, but they suit thesingle colour paint scheme perfectly.

A nice coat of paint, a set of wheels, and some shiny bright work is all you need to have a gorgeous looking ride.

This rare super cool looking bright red 4 seaterCalifornian LWB 'GP Superbuggy' arrived later in the day, it even had a rain cover. This is the same model of beach buggy that featured in the James Bond film 'For your eyes only' and you can't get much cooler than than James Bond.

A nice looking RAT split screen, with it lookslike a slightly narrowed front end, and sitting down in the weeds. I'm loving that stripped awning and of course the pair of yellow spot lights.

Inside the bus it wasn't RAT at all, it had a lovely looking Westfalia interior, that looked very cosy.

The owner of this super clean red '79 Derby was given the car for free, including over 30 years worth of receipts for works carried out. The current owner has restored the Derby using original parts, and the car has only 57,000 miles on the clock. This Derby is believed to be only 1 of 54 remaining.

If like me, you are of a certain age then youwill remember the original 'Space Hopper'A good fun logo on this late bright orangeBeetle.So that was the Wolfsburg Weed Huggers 'Lazy Day' show 2013. It was only the club's 2nd show and I have to say what a fantastic show it was. Christian Peck, and all the other Wolfsburg Weed Hugger members, and not forgetting all the other unsung helpers really did themselves proud to create such a well organised show, in which120 vehicles attended, and with around 800 foot visitors. There was a good variety of food and drink stalls, including an ice cream van, plenty for the kids to do to keep them occupied, good toilet facilities and of course The Black Horse pub providing good food and drink, so well done everyone give yourselves a pat on the back. I thoroughly recommend that you all put this show in your diary for next year.

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